Londonist Staff
In Pictures: Parts Of London Lost To History
There's no denying that London's in a constant state of change. Buildings are always coming and going. Some of these buildings no longer exist, others can still be seen, but have been repurposed.
Olde Wapping, Olde Prospect of Whitby Source Erkembode Disused coal jetty, Woolwich Power StationSource Ben Pedroche Dorchester House, Park Lane, MayfairSource Historicengland Battersea Park, 1951Source Tim Dunn The stunning art deco Odeon WoolwichSource Christopherfowler The Mappin & Webb building at Bank, taken in 1993Source Wikipedia Abbey Mills Pumping Station, StratfordSource Ben Pedroche Great Easter Electric Light generating station, Liverpool StreetSource Ben Pedroche Decaying lock at Waltham Abbey Source Londonslostrivers Strand stationSource Adventuresofboz The Luminaire, Kilburn closed 2010.Source Gigwise Acton Lane Power Station, Willesden JunctionSource Ben Pedroche Rolls Chapel, Chancery LaneSource Magnoliabox 23 Great Winchester StreetSource Wikimedia Tram emerging from the Kingsway TunnelSource Old London The Battersea Big DipperSource Londonist Queen Square, Bloomsbury, 1883Source Museumoflondonprints St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, Spitalfields in the 19th centurySource Spitalfieldslife Derelict lock gate at Gunpowder Mills in Waltham AbbeySource Londonslostrivers Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, WappingSource Ben Pedroche The Astoria, London closed 2009.Source Gigwise Carlton Hotel, HaymarketSource Historicengland Crystal Palace fans at their original ground 'The Nest'Source Old London Chimney stack, Renforth Hydraulic Power Station, RotherhitheSource Ben Pedroche The original Kensington Canal bridge at West Brompton Station stationSource Londonslostrivers Euston StationSource Thebeautyoftransport Coal Exchange, opposite Old Billingsgate MarketSource Snipview Hammersmith Palais, London closed 2007.Source Gigwise The Mean Fiddler, London closed 2009.Source Gigwise Remaining coal jetty at demolished Deptford Power StationSource Ben Pedroche The Oxford Arms, Warwick Lane, 1875, with St Paul's in the backgroundSource Typepad Great Wheel, Earl's Court, demolished in 1907Source Wikipedia Wembley, 1923Source Old London Cast iron aqueduct across River Lea at Waltham Abbey disused gunpowder millsSource Londonslostrivers The Alhambra, Leicester Square, started life in 1854. The theatre was demolished in 1936 to make way for the Odeon Leicester Square.Source Londonist Site of the original St James TheatreSource Londonist
Last Updated 29 March 2017
